I figured I would start a thread on specifically this question from the releases thread.
I think something many devs do today, probably most, whether it be with NodeJs, .Net and Nuget, or Java and Maven repos, when they try out libraries, even for experimentation, is to look for some coordinates to add to the build tool of the day. This is considered a nice thing, and creates a low barrier for entry. I find it rare that any of my teams of moderately recent years prefer something different. Even the C++ community is working on dependency delivery mechanisms, and outside of that quite many rely on prebuilt binaries for their OS for build dependencies. Who prefers to have to build a dependency, then add the jar to their build? To me that is a big deal. Tools make a huge difference in usage. Besides libraries, it is advantagious to allow users to take a link, and find a package they can download and use in the case of applications. This gets to the meat of the issue for me. If I am going to spend time building something, or even try out others ideas, I want as little friction to make that happen as possible; for myself or others. It is hard to get something off the ground without building up some users. Thanks Wade
